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MERCY'S POV
It was all fake!
I turned to look at him , he still had that smirk on , i looked at Eniola , and she was already crying and Trisha was hugging her and instead of glaring at the stupid boy beside me , she was glaring at me.
Wow , just wow. Didn't she hear when he said he used me just now. I removed my gaze from her , a big frown on my face as I finally talked,
"Are you crazy Hakeem?" I asked turning to look at him back , he looked at me , and his smirk slowly fell for a moment.
"Eniola , please move on from me . You know it can't work." He said and held my hand dragging me out of the door. I felt their lingering gazes and glares on our hand .
Yeah I know they were angry and I am also angry. Do they even care? Saturday that I wanted to rest now turned to this.
I should have just kept on playing ludo and not follow Trisha to the cinema.
I angrily pulled my hand from his when we reached down.
"What do you think you are doing Keem? Do I look like a robot? How can you just talk about me like that , so ...." He suddenly cut me off
"Let me explain."
"Explain what? All the lunch , you even held my hand just for her to see. You watched ..... You know what , I don't want to see you ever again." I said angrily making him sigh.
"Look , Am sorry okay ? I really wanted to watch the movie with you but when I bent to take Mide's key he told me to hold your hand for Eniola to see that I wasn't interested in her at all." He rubbed his hand across his soft , curly hair.
"She has always been like this , following me around, breaking my relationships. The lunch was also my idea, it was genuine. I only talked like that so they won't be angry at you." He said like what he was saying made sense.
"Angry at me? If you didn't pull that stunt they won't be angry at me. Genuine acts but you rubbed it in my face , you got what you wanted without thinking about the person you were using. So the first friend I have here is angry at me because of you." I said all in one breath.
He looked frustrated at what is said , like I couldn't get the fact,
"Damn it Mercy , if they are your friends, if they consider you as their friend they won't be angry at you. I said I used you , I said that so you will see whether they stay or they leave. If they leave they see you as a competitor not a friend and also as an enemy. Look you don't know them like I do!" He said as he looked at me , begging me to understand.
But is his sister not part of them. Is she also bad or what is he saying about them? The urge to just slap him was too much but I kept on controlling it. I hate it when someone keeps on finding an excuse for what they did.
"Is your sister not part of them ?" I said emphasising on the them.
"My sister is part but she's different, the main people there is Trisha and Mercy. I know you don't believe me but you'll see."
"I'll see because you caused this. Please just leave." I said back as I walked to the staircase, leaving him down as I walked to my apartment.
I couldn't take it anymore, all what he was saying. All the drama that just happened.
I opened the door and locked it after I entered.
I heard voices from Trisha's room but I just ignored it and walked to mine not even bothering for my usual night's snack.
I locked my room door and quickly removed all my clothes. I took a long and soothing shower before finally lying on the bed.
I switched on my phone and a text from a particular someone almost made frustration tears come out from my eyes.
It was from Hakeem and he sent only one word , sorry.
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I used my hand to search for that annoying alarm that was ringing in my ears. But I couldn't find it.
Annoyed I sat upright , and turned my head to look at the annoying alarm . It was still ringing as if laughing at my situation.
I quickly switched it off and looked at the time , I was still on track.
I muttered my "thank you lord." And stood up from my bed. I walked to the bathroom and had a quick bath this time.
Trisha , Eniola and I are not on talking terms.
I tried talking to Trisha yesterday morning but she acted like I was invisible. So I did the same. I wasn't a clingy type of person or dependent so I wouldn't even try to ease things with her again.
Maybe she'll come to her senses or maybe , just maybe Hakeem was right.
After I dressed up for today wearing just a simple gown and sandals, I picked up my backbag that I had packed yesterday and wore it .
I stepped outside and well the coast was clear. Trisha left without me , yesterday night when I stepped into the kitchen I noticed she separated all our stuffs and it was starting to annoy me .
I walked to the kitchen and prepared toast bread and tea , by the time I was done I realized I was going to be late.
I quickly texted Teni to keep a seat for me as I stepped out of the house making sure to lock it.
Thank God it was just a five minutes walk from school so I got to walking.
"Oh lord help me." I prayed as I quietly stepped through the back door ,
"Miss Peters why are you late?" I heard a voice boom.
I looked forward , Mrs Mojere was looking at me with her glasses resting on the tip of her nose.
"Good morning ma . "I said back with at her hoping she would let me sit down and pardon me but she had other plans.
"Why are you late is what I asked but I'm gonna to pardon you cause you're the only one who submitted your assignment yesterday." She said and went back to glaring at the remaining.
Thank God I did it yesterday when I was bored. I sent all the answers to the lecturers through the Gmail.
I walked to Teni's seat and sat down beside him.
"You are so early?" He said with a chuckle.
"Yeye , face your work." I whispered back.
"I can't believe you did the assignment, she has been going on about the person who did it and that it was great, marvelous , and so on. You're the only one who will get fifteen , she's going to give us ten oo , that's if we get it sef." He said making me grin.
I can't believe my assignment received such compliments.
"You guys are not serious why didn't you do it?" I whispered back as I brought out my note.
I slowly turned his note so i could see it better and started copying it .
"We told her we were all tired. Then someone did it." He whispered back as he copied the note. I wonder how he does it , doing three things at a time .
"You guys are mumu , lazy children. "
"Hey you aren't looking like your usual self today , what's wrong?"
What? How did he notice, it's either he knew me that well or he was really observant.
"I'm fine." I mummered as I stretched my neck to see what he wrote in his book.
"It sure doesn't look like it." He pestered on
"Later." I had to say and this time he didn't talk again.
After the class , Teni said he would treat me for lunch so we were on our way there.
We went to the restaurant, the first restaurant, the one where I was introduced to Trisha's friends.
We went inside and sat down on the booth at the far end after ordering for amala and ewedu.
"So what happened?" He asked as we settled down.
"Guy you sound like a girl right now."I said with a chuckle making me glare at him.
"I no blame you ." He said back making me laugh more.
IÂ explained everything to him ,
And he came to a conclusion that
"The Hakeem guy might be right, use this to test them but he's also very wrong with what he said and did. It's complicated."
After eating the delicious food , we decided to stay a little bit.
We were talking about random things and that's what I liked about him, it was never quiet with him , which was quite the opposite of a particular person. we were always talking and laughing about things that didn't even make sense.
A familiar stature caught my eyes,
I looked at the counter to confirm if it was the same person. He turned as if noticing my stare , and we just stared at each other.
I remembered how I replied his one word text with "please leave me alone." . And how I walked out on him while he was explaining himself.
He stared , his usual blank face on , no expression, nothing. He didn't seem to be with anyone . We stared at each other until I rolled my eyes and faced Teni back.
Mercy is really angry and
Trisha, we are getting to know more about her.
Who's in support of Hakeem and who's joining Teni's team.
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